Individual Details
Abraham McClellan
(Bef 1743 - )
Events
| Birth | Bef 1743 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 13 Nov 1770 | was named as security in the Will of Robert Looney, deceased, | |||
| Marriage-shared | 29 Jan 1771 | (John Kerr and Jane McClellan) Botetourt County, Virginia, British America |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 15 Aug 1771 | (William McClellan) William McCellan was named guardian of Edward Sharp's three children, Anthony, John, and Annis, - Botetourt County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Arrival-shared | Nov 1775 | (John D. McClellan Sr.) In November 1775, McClelland's party reached Salt Lick Creek, in what is now Lewis County, near the site of the present town of Vanceburg. Here they parted company, Patterson, Lowry, William McConnell, and David Perry, under the piloting of Perry, striking across the country with the animals, while John McClelland and the others went down the Ohio river to the mouth of the Kentucky, and then up that stream to Leestown (one mile below Frankfort). The land party went up Salt Lick to its head, crossed Cabin Creek, passing the Stone Lick (Orangeburg, Mason County), and May's Lick, to the Lower Blue Licks, where they met with Simon Kenton and Thomas Williams, who then knew of no other white persons in the country; thence they traveled across Licking River, and several branches of the Elkhorn to Leestown, which point they reached ahead of those who were traveling by the water route. As soon as the canoes arrived, Patterson, Perry, Lowry and William McConnell joined forces with John McClelland and the others of his party and the whole company marched to the Royal Spring, where they proceeded to build a large cabin, in which they made their home until April, 1776. - (what is now Royal Springs, Kentucky), Royal Springs, Fincastle County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 19 Jan 1777 | (John Sharp) John Sharp received a certificate for obtaining administration of the estate of his brother Edward Sharp (deceased, 1770), giving security together with David Looney and Abraham MClellan - Virginia Court, Washington, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 29 Jan 1777 | (John Sharp) John Sharp petitioned the Virginia Court for the administration of Edward Sharp's estate; David Looney and Abraham McClelan joined John Sharp in offering securities for John Sharp. The security was in the penalty of 200 pounds, - Washington, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | 26 Aug 1777 | (John Sharp) The court-ordered appraisement of Edward Sharp's estate was recorded in court - Washington, Virginia, British America | | ||
| Probate-shared | 19 May 1778 | (John Kerr) Washington, Virginia, United States | | | |
| Property |
Families
| Child | Ann McClelland (770 - 1848) |
| Father | John D. McClellan Sr. (1715 - 1776) |
| Mother | Martha Ann (1718 - ) |
| Sibling | John McClelland Jr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Alexander McClelland ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann McClellan (1735 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Jane McClellan (1740 - 1778) |
| Sibling | William McClellan (1746 - ) |
Notes
Marriage-shared
Jane's brothers Abraham McClellan and William McClellan paid surety for the marriage of her marriage to John Kerr. Thomas Madison and David May were witnesses.Miscellaneous-shared
Abraham McClellan, Samuel Walker, and Joseph Walker are recorded as having acknowledged the bond. In "Sharp Family History," Pulizos and Braner speculate that this change in guardianship was because their mother Jane and her new husband John Kerr were relocating to what is now the Sullivan County, Tennessee area (formerly Washington County, VA and Sullivan County, North Carolina). Jane and John relocated to this area with Jane's father John McClellan, her sister Mary (McClellan) Looney (wife of David Looney), and Alexander Brackenridge.Arrival-shared
**It is unclear whether the information in this record is the same family as Jane McClelland, wife of Edward Sharp.John McClelland and his family, including Abraham McClelland and Sarah McClelland, who afterwards seems to have married Joseph Wilson, and Alexander McClelland, whose daughter, Mary, afterwards married Richard Wilson, Robert Patterson, William McConnell, Francis McConnell, Sr., Francis McConnell, Jr., Andrew McConnell, David Perry, and Stephen Lowry, late in October, 1775, left the neighborhood of Pittsburgh for Kentucky, taking their movable property in canoes and driving nine horses and fourteen head of cattle by land, the first importation of either into Northern Kentucky.
Miscellaneous-shared
On January 19, 1777, Washington County, Viriginia Court records show on motion of John Sharp (thought to be Edward's brother) certificate is granted him for obtaining administration of the estate of Edward Sharp deceased, giving secruity whereupon he together with David Looney and Abraham McClellan, his secruities entered into and acknowledge their bond in the penalty of 200 pounds with condition as the law directs for the faithful administration of the said deceased estate (Pulizos, 3). The court then ordered appraisement of the estate of Edward Sharp.Miscellaneous-shared
David Looney and Abraham McClellan signed the bond for this filing.Probate-shared
David Looney and Abraham McClellan signed the bond for this filing (Pulizos, 3).Washington County, Virginia court records show Jane Kerr was granted administration of his estate 19 May 1778, with David Looney and Abraham McClellan acknowledging her bond. It was also ordered that James Brigham, George Maxwell, Moses Looney, Samuel Looney, and Thomas King (any three of the five) appraise his estate. His inventory and appraisement is recorded in Washington County, Virginia 18 August 1778, by Thomas King, George Maxwell, and Samuel Looney. It is possible that Jane (McClellan) Sharp Kerr had children between the years 1771 and 1778 and Anthony, John, and Annis Sharp could have half brothers and sisters from this marriage.
Original text from "Ancestors of Looney" webpage:
"On 19 May 1778, David Looney and Abraham McClelan were securities for Jean Keer, the Administratrix of the estate of John Keer, Washington County. It was ordered that James Brigham, George Maxwell, Moses Looney, Samuel Looney, and Thomas King, or any three of them, be appraisers. ( Jean Keer was probably a McClelan, perhaps a widow before marrying a Keer.)"
Endnotes
1. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2.
2. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2-3.
3. Botetourt County, Virginia, County Ov 1770-1771, page 273, 15 August 1771; Botetourt County Circuit Courty Clerk's Office, Fincastle, Virginia.
4. Samuel M. Wilson, McClelland and His Men (Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Associates, 1956), 12.
5. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
6. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
7. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
8. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3.
9. Stewart, Michael R. (inquiry@cousinsearchnetwork.com), CousinSearchNetwork, Lt Col David Looney Revolutionary War Soldier (http://research.cousinsearchnetwork.com/12843.html : Accessed 4 March 2012), .